Affinity at Suffolk - Employee Resource Groups
Affinity@Suffolk
There are currently eleven fully-formed groups with more to come. Each group is lead by employees, called Influencers, who receive leadership and professional development training during their tenure. We are excited to invite the entire campus community to participate in member events throughout the year and to promote Affinity@Suffolk.
Employee Resource Groups have a significant impact on employee morale, allowing for employees to gather around shared interests, network, and advance their careers. Affinity@Suffolk groups will strengthen our community experience by supporting the development—and retention of—our diverse workforce, celebrating cultural awareness, and allowing for authentic engagement across campus.
To join an existing group, request a new group or to begin a conversation, please fill out the Affinity@Suffolk Employee Resource Group Interest Form.
Connect with an Affinity@Suffolk Employee Resource Group
| Mission Statement | Group Leaders | |
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Asian Faculty & Staff |
To support and strengthen faculty and staff who identify as Asians so that they can embody the vision statement of Suffolk University. | |
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Black Faculty/Staff |
To serve as a resource to the university to positively influence the environment, to ensure professional development of all Black Faculty and Staff and to assist the university in achieving its diversity and inclusion plan. | Adam Skaggs Adesuwa Igbinewkeka |
| Book Club |
Stephen Caruso Melissa Diplacido Kolby Stiles |
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Early Career Professional |
To help empower employees who are early in their careers to develop their skills, build important and lasting relationships within their network, and reach their full potential. | Emily Eraca Javied Townsend |
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Fiber Arts |
To serve as a resource to positively influence the environment by allowing one's craft to be enjoyed amongst colleagues, to allow a space for participants to engage in self-care, to meet new people and learn new skills. |
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Moms, Incorporated |
To serve as a resource to the organization to prepare women for the addition of a child to their family, to support women in their return to the workplace after a period of leave, and to continue to act as a resource in the years that follow. | Alison Tejeda |
| Nuestro | Gerard Casal Amanda Echevarria |
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Religious Dialogue |
To serve as a place to create new relationships and build a community at Suffolk based on a common interest in developing greater knowledge, understanding, appreciation, and respect for the variety of religious secular and spiritual orientations. | |
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S.A.G.A. Sexuality and Gender Alliance |
To create a positive and inclusive environment for all Suffolk employees around sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression through education, networking, and workplace collaboration. | |
| Suffolk Musicians |
Brian McDermott |
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Suffolk Sisters of Color |
To promote diversity and inclusion, serve as a resource to members, offer opportunities to network internally, and to create mentoring and career development opportunities for women of color in the workplace. | |
| Veterans and Military - Connected |
Nicholas Charrette Ashley Booker |
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Women's Network |
To serve as a resource to positively influence the Suffolk workplace environment, to ensure personal and professional development, and advocacy for all women. |
For more information regarding Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) collectively known as Affinity@Suffolk or to suggest a new group, please contact Joyya Smith.